| 单词 | actuated |
| 释义 | actuated (once / 1851 pages) adj Someone who's actuated is motivated or inspired to do something. A prisoner who's actuated to escape may actually dig his way out of jail using a plastic spoon. The adjective actuated is less common than its related verb, actuate, but you can still use it to describe someone who's moved to take some kind of action. The verb form has been around since the 1500s, though the adjective is newer. Both are rooted in the Latin actus, "a doing, a driving, or an impulse," which is also the source of the word act. WORD FAMILYactuate: actuated, actuates, actuating, actuation, actuator+/act: actable, acted, acting, action, active, actor, actress, acts, actuate, counteract, enact, interact, overact, underact/actable: unactable/acting: actings, self-acting/action: actionable, actioned, actions, inaction/activate: activated, activates, activating, activation, activator, deactivate, reactivate/activating: self-activating/activation: activations/activator: activators/active: activate, actively, activeness, activer, actives, activest, activity, hyperactive, inactive, overactive, underactive/activity: activities/actor: actors/actress: actresses/actuator: actuators/counteract: counteracted, counteracting, counteraction, counteractive, counteracts/counteraction: counteractions/deactivate: deactivated, deactivates, deactivating, deactivation/enact: enacted, enacting, enactment, enacts, reenact/enactment: enactments/hyperactive: hyperactively, hyperactivity/inaction: inactions/inactivate: inactivated, inactivates, inactivating, inactivation/inactive: inactivate, inactively, inactiveness, inactivity/inactivity: inactivities/interact: interacted, interacting, interaction, interactive, interacts/interaction: interactional, interactions/interactive: interactively/overact: overacted, overacting, overacts/overacting: overactings/overactive: overactivity/reactivate: reactivated, reactivates, reactivating/reenact: reenacted, reenacting, reenactment, reenacts/reenactment: reenactments/underact: underacted, underacting, underacts USAGE EXAMPLESIn their place, Ara is going with physically connected pogo pins and an electronically actuated latch. The Verge(May 24, 2016) "It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated," the company explained. BBC(Feb 24, 2016) Swiss researchers have built an electrically actuated, walking, climbing, running four-legged robot that can handle difficult terrain. Reuters(Oct 28, 2015) adj moved to action a man actuated by unworthy desired Syn motivated provided with a motive or given incentive for action |
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